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US rakes in $850 Johan Sverdrup million for lease sale concept chosen

The US Bureau of Ocean Statoil and its partners on the giant Johan Sverdrup

Energy Management (BOEM) feld have chosen a four-plat- received 380 bids for 326 form development concept, blocks in the central Gulf with power from shore. The of Mexico, totaling more feld, containing 1.8-2.9bil- than US $850 million. Gulf lion boe, is one of the fve of Mexico Lease Sale 231 largest discoveries on the attracted operators to bid

Norwegian Continental on almost 40 million acres.

Shelf. Located 1800-1900m

Arizona-based Freeport- below the seabed, it spans

McMoRan Oil & Gas was top more than 200sq km and is bidder with 16 bids totaling

AB expected to produce for more $321.44 million. The com- than 50 years. pany’s highest bid went on

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Atwater Valley Block 198, Johan Sverdrup will be which received the most developed in phases. The bids of all blocks offered. frst phase will comprise of a

Supermajor BP placed 24 feld center, export pipelines, bids totaling $41.6 million, power supply, and additional following a recent agreement subsea installations, with a

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Protection Agency (EPA) to The feld center consists of bid on deepwater leases after four bridge-linked installa-

Deepwater Horizon the 2010 tions, a process, drilling, riser incident. Cobalt International and living quarters platforms,

Ltd. and Total E&P each will be on steel jackets in placed 44 high bids totaling 120m water depth. 20 blocks in the rest of south- and Petrobras Director of CERAWeek in Houston in $26.6 million and $17.2 mil- It is anticipated that 40-50 ern Barents Sea.  Exploration and Production, March to tout the coun- lion, respectively. production and injection wells The Norwegian Petroleum José Formigli, launched the try’s new 2014 Round. will be drilled to support Directorate has estimated seventh and fnal round of Colombia’s Agencia Nacional

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InterMoor

Phase 1. First production is recoverable resources for the Fleet Renewal Plan for de Hidrocarburos (ANH) is completes decom job expected to start in late 2019. Barents Sea southeast between Offshore Support Vessels offering 22 million hectares of

InterMoor has completed 55-565MMsq cu m oil equiva- (Prorefam). The Brazilian acreage both on- and offshore.

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New Barents decommissioning operations lent. It says the potential for national said it will issue calls Cabrales told press after exploration area Innovator of the platform fnding oil and gas is high. Gas for bids by 21 March. his panel appearance at in Gomez feld, Mississippi For the frst time in 20 years, is expected to account for 85% Foster said that the compa- CERAWeek that the country

Canyon Block 711, Gulf of Norway’s government is look- of the resources and oil for the ny’s priority is to increase its is increasing investment into

Mexico. ing to include a new area remaining 15%.  oil production, as outlined in deepwater and ultra-deepwa-

The scope of work, con- in the Barents Sea in its To manage exploration in the 2014-2018 Business and ter. So far 20 offshore blocks ducted in water depths of next exploration licensing these new areas, the ministry Management Plan. Proposals have already been awarded 910m, involved disconnecting round. Blocks in the Barents said it would initially allo- from the seventh round must in the Caribbean. The 2014 10 risers/umbilicals; discon- Sea southeast were included cate a “limited number of key be submitted by 27 June, and Round will offer 13 offshore necting 12 mooring lines and in consultation documents blocks,” with the results from contracts must be executed by blocks, 10 in the Caribbean

Innovator then towing the to issued by Norway’s Ministry these areas informing decisions 30 October. and three in the Pacifc.

Ingleside, Texas. for Petroleum on its 23rd over what blocks to release in

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Colombia raises Eni enlarges

InterMoor’s involvement licensing round.  future licensing rounds. offshore profle feld estimates Innovator with the platform The round proposal

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Prorefam’s seventh dates prior to 2006 when it includes a total 61 blocks, Colombia’s Vice Minister of Eni has doubled its estimated round launched was a mobile offshore drilling with seven blocks in the Energy for the Ministry of size of the Nene Marine unit (MODU) known as the Norwegian Sea, 34 blocks in Brazilian president Maria Mines and Energy, Orlando feld offshore Congo after . the southeast Barents Sea, and das Graças Silva Foster Cabrales, appeared at IHS drilling the Nene Marine

Rowan Midland

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